Its been over 60 years since I attended Calgary Hebrew School but if I remember correctly . Its not that you are blessing god but that you are saying he's blessed. I think this is confirmed by this hebrew blessing and translation from Chabad online.
*Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam, asher kideshanu bemitzvotav vetzivanu al netilat yadayim.* Blessed are You L-rd our G‑d King of the universe Who has sanctified us with his commandments and commanded us on the washing of the hands. Harry Spier On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 8:31 AM Franco <[email protected]> wrote: > More than 40 years ago I attended a Talmudic class which discussed the > question how a lower being like man can bless a higher being like God. I > remember it very vaguely, and may well be mistaken, but I think that > blessing in this context was understood to express gratitude. However, I no > longer remember the series of steps that took us from blessing to gratitude. > Best wishes, Eli > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 30.09.2022, at 10:12, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Dr. Haas, > > I should add that the English usage is no doubt based on much older > liturgical formulas. The common Hebrew prayers, for instance, often begin: > baruch atoi adonai elohenu melekh ha-olem > for which the standard English rendition is "Blessed art thou o Lord, our > God, King of the universe..." Similarly, in French > "Béni sois-tu, Seigneur, notre Dieu, Roi de l'univers," though French > tends to use other locutions in varying contexts, for instance, "bien-aimé > Seigneur" where English would use "Blessed Lord." > > Matthew Kapstein > Directeur d'études, émérite > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris > > Associate, The Divinity School > The University of Chicago > > https://brill.com/view/title/60949 > > https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein > > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2022 2:51 AM > *To:* Dr. Dominik A. Haas, BA MA <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Translation of bhagavān / bhagavatī > > Dear Dr. Haas, > > In English usage the phrase "Blessed Lord" is current in reference to the > deity of the Western monotheisms. I believe that this usage was extended to > Indian religions > during the nineteenth century. > > sincerely, > > Matthew Kapstein > Directeur d'études, émérite > Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris > > Associate, The Divinity School > The University of Chicago > > https://brill.com/view/title/60949 > > https://ephe.academia.edu/MatthewKapstein > > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of Dr. > Dominik A. Haas, BA MA <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2022 1:18 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Translation of bhagavān / bhagavatī > > > Dear native speakers, > > to me “blessed” implies that someone has pronounced a blessing on a > person/object. How does this work with a deity such as Kṛṣṇa? Or can > “blessed” be used in a more figurative sense (is this what you have in > mind?)? > > Best regards, > > D. Haas > > > > __________________ > *Dr. Dominik A. 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And of > course thank you to everyone else who answered, Rajam, Donald Davis, Dean > Michael Anderson, and Matthew Kapstein. > > "Blessed" is a little more concise than this definition of bhagavat in the > Vishnu Purana translated by Sw. Tyagīśānanda > "That which is imperceptible, undecaying, inconceivable, unborn, > inexhaustible, indestructible; which has neither form, nor hands, nor > feet, which is almighty, omnipresent, eternal; the cause of all things > and without cause, permeating all, itself unpenetrated, and from which > all things proceed, that is the object which the wise behold, that is > Brahman, that is the Supreme State, that is the thing spoken of by the > Vedas, the infinitely subtle, supreme condition of viSNu. That Essence > of the Supreme is defined by the term Bhagavat; the word Bhagavat is > the denotation of that primeval and eternal God; and he who fully > understands the meaning of that expression is possessed of holy wisdom, > the sum and substance of the three vedas. The word Bhagavat is a > convenient form to be used in the adoration of that Supreme Being, to > twhom no term is applicable; and therefore bhagavat expresses that > Supreme Spirit which is individual, almighty, and the cause of causes of > all things. . . . > > Harry Spier > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing > [email protected]https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology > > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology >
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